instigate
Instigate commonly means to serve as the inciting cause of or provoke or stir up.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
IN
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “INSTIGATE” Mean?
/ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/
instigate has 2 documented senses across verb.
Verb
2 sensesScrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
provoke or stir up
Length
9 letters
Starts With
I
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
I, N, S, T, I, G, A, T, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆INSTIGATE has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆INSTIGATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆INSTIGATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆INSTIGATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
G
Letter Pattern
ABCDAEFDG
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
IN, NS, ST, TI, IG, GA, AT, TE
Trigrams
INS, NST, STI, TIG, IGA, GAT, ATE
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